From Union to Unity
This morning I found myself in such
disheartenment and I saw myself so bad, that I myself rendered myself
unbearable. When Jesus came, I told Him of my pains and the miserable state I
was in, and He said to me: “My daughter, do not want to lose heart. It is
my usual way to operate perfection little by little, and not everything in one
instant, so that the soul, in seeing that she is always lacking something, may
push herself and make all efforts in order to reach what she lacks, with the
purpose of pleasing Me more and of sanctifying herself more. And I, drawn by
those acts, feel compelled to give her new graces and celestial favors, and in
this way a commerce, fully divine, forms between the soul and God. Otherwise,
if the soul possessed within herself the fullness of perfection and therefore
of all virtues, she would not find ways by which to strive, to please Me more,
and so the tinder with which to start the fire between creature and Creator
would be missing. (Book of Heaven, Sept. 5, 1899)
Jesus to Conchita, (from "Conchita, A
Mothers Spiritual Diary"):
"It is not possible to imagine
transformation into Christ as a static reality. Divine life, communicated to
man in his earthly pilgrimage, is of itself in constant progress."
"From the outset of all Christian life, by the new birth 'of water and of
the Spirit,' transformation into Christ begins, but it is but an initial
transformation, a seed which must grow."
"Even on the summits of the spiritual life this vital progress continues.
This life of union still mounts toward unity, of course not a unity in the
order of being, but in the intentional order of knowledge and of love."
"Listen. There are many progressive degrees in the transformation. The
highest degree on earth corresponds to a transformation of the creature not
only in its manner of thinking and of acting which becomes divine, but which,
in a certain sense, causes it to disappear an annihilate itself to give place
to Me.
"This degree is the work of the Holy Spirit alone who becomes the soul of
this soul and the life of this body.
"This point which leads to union, even more, to unity, is the point of
perfection which approaches most the Trinity.
"The creature left to itself would be incapable of attaining this degree
without the most powerful aid of Him who is the inexhaustible Source of graces,
the Holy Spirit. The mystical incarnation attracts the Holy Spirit, loving,
mighty and divine of the Word who possesses the soul. Transformation is in the
innermost part and the most noble of the creature" (Diary, Aug. 6, 1912).
“There is still a higher
stage in this Divine Will. It is total self-surrender, interiorly to this
same Will of God. This self-surrender leads to the highest summit of
perfection: It is the supreme stage of all virtue ( Diary, June 6, 1900)
Novena of Abandonment by
Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo (d. 1970)
Day 1
Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave
the care of your affairs to Me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in
truth that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to Me produces the
effect that you desire and resolves all difficult situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 2
Surrender to Me does not mean to fret, to be
upset, or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to Me a worried prayer asking
Me to follow you and change your worry into prayer. It is against this
surrender, deeply against it, to worry, to be nervous and to desire to think
about the consequences of anything. It is like the confusion that children feel
when they ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of
those needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their
mother’s way. Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn
away from thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in My care, so that only
I act, saying “You take care of it”.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 3
How many things I do when the soul, in so much
spiritual and material need, turns to Me, looks at Me and says to Me; “You take
care of it”, then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for Me to act,
but that I act in the way you want. You do not turn to Me, instead, you want me
to adapt your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you,
but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to. So do not act this way, but
pray as I taught you in the our Father: “Hallowed be thy Name“, that is, be
glorified in my need. “Thy kingdom come“, that is, let all that is in us and
in the world be in accord with your kingdom. “Thy will be done on Earth as it
is in Heaven“, that is, in our need, decide as you see fit for our temporal and
eternal life. If you say to Me truly: “Thy will be done“, which is the same as
saying: “You take care of it”, I will intervene with all My omnipotence, and I
will resolve the most difficult situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 4
You see evil growing instead of weakening? Do
not worry. Close your eyes and say to Me with faith: “Thy will be done, You
take care of it.” I say to you that I will take care of it, and that I will
intervene as does a doctor and I will accomplish miracles when they are needed.
Do you see that the sick person is getting worse? Do not be upset, but close
your eyes and say “You take care of it.” I say to you that I will take care of
it, and that there is no medicine more powerful than My loving intervention. By
My love, I promise this to you.
O Jesus, I surrendered
myself to you, take care of everything! (10
times)
Day 5
And when I must lead you on a path different
from the one you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in My arms; I will
let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s
arms, on the other bank of the river. What troubles you and hurts you immensely
are your reason, your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs to deal
with what afflicts you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 6
You are sleepless; you want to judge everything,
direct everything and see to everything and you surrender to human strength, or
worse—to men themselves, trusting in their intervention—this is what hinders My
words and My views. Oh, how much I wish from you this surrender, to help you;
and how I suffer when I see you so agitated! Satan tries to do exactly this: to
agitate you and to remove you from My protection and to throw you into the jaws
of human initiative. So, trust only in Me, rest in Me, surrender to Me in
everything.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 7
I perform miracles in proportion to your full
surrender to Me and to your not thinking of yourselves. I sow treasure troves
of graces when you are in the deepest poverty. No person of reason, no thinker,
has ever perform miracles, not even among the saints. He does divine works
whosoever surrenders to God. So don’t think about it any more, because your
mind is acute, and for you, it is very hard to see evil and to trust in Me and
to not think of yourself. Do this for all your needs, do this all of you and
you will see great continual silent miracles. I will take care of things, I
promise this to you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 8
Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away
on the flowing current of My grace; close your eyes and do not think of the
present, turning your thoughts away from the future just as you would from
temptation. Repose in Me, believing in My goodness, and I promise you by My
love that if you say “You take care of it”, I will take care of it all; I will
console you, liberate you and guide you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything! (10 times)
Day 9
Pray always in readiness to surrender, and you
will receive from it great peace and great rewards, even when I confer on you
the grace of immolation, of repentance and of love. Then what does suffering
matter? It seems impossible to you? Close your eyes and say with all your soul,
“Jesus, you take care of it”. Do not be afraid, I will take care of things and
you will bless My name by humbling yourself. A thousand prayers cannot equal
one single act of surrender, remember this well. There is no novena more
effective than this.
O Jesus, I surrender myself
to you, take care of everything!
L. Bauer, JMJ
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